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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Butterflies and Skippers (Papilionoidea) » Blues, Coppers, Hairstreaks, Harvesters (Lycaenidae) » Blues (Polyommatinae) » Euphilotes » Bernardino Blue - Hodges#4366.3 (Euphilotes bernardino)

Species Euphilotes bernardino - Bernardino Blue - Hodges#4366.3

Classification · Hodges Number · Other Common Names · Range · Season · Food
Euphilotes bernardino - female Euphilotes bernardino - male - female Euphilotes bernardino - female Bernardino Dotted-Blue - Euphilotes bernardino Square-spotted blue - non-mating pair - Euphilotes bernardino - male - female Square-spotted blue - non-mating pair - Euphilotes bernardino - male - female Small Blue Butterfly - Euphilotes bernardino Bernardino Blues mating - Euphilotes bernardino - male - female
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Papilionoidea (Butterflies and Skippers)
Family Lycaenidae (Blues, Coppers, Hairstreaks, Harvesters)
Subfamily Polyommatinae (Blues)
Genus Euphilotes
Species bernardino (Bernardino Blue - Hodges#4366.3)
Hodges Number
4366.3
Other Common Names
Bernardino Dotted Blue
Range
Western AZ, So. NV, So. CA, into Baja California (Mexico)
Season
One brood, Feb. to late Aug. (depending on elevation & host plants)
Food
Larval food: Eriogonum spp.
Adults: nectar from Eriogonum
Contributed by Hartmut Wisch on 4 July, 2007 - 1:19pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Nick Block
Last updated 3 July, 2017 - 3:18am

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